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Australia: China's 'alarming' actions at odds with peaceful rhetoric

Colin Packham and Byron Kaye, Reuters
Posted at Nov 26 02:50 PM

China's "alarming" actions do not match its rhetoric about promoting peace and prosperity in the region, Australia's defence minister said on Friday after a Chinese navy ship was tracked sailing through the country's exclusive economic zone. Read more »

Taiwan hints military training with US in Guam

Lawrence Chung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 03 01:17 PM

Taiwan has sent troops to the US island territory of Guam for training and joint exercises, its defense minister appeared to confirm, days after the admission that the Americans were training its forces on the island. Read more »

New Zealand's Ardern says differences with China becoming harder to reconcile

Praveen Menon, Reuters
Posted at May 03 11:15 AM

Differences between New Zealand and its top trading partner China are becoming harder to reconcile as Beijing's role in the world grows and changes, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.  Read more »

EU agrees to new plan for bolstering Indo-Pacific ties

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 20 04:57 AM

The European Union's new strategy included potentially increasing its naval presence in an area of global rivalry. Read more »

China tells US it wants more cooperation as it marks 50th year of ‘ping pong diplomacy’

Linda Lew, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 12 06:43 AM

Ambassador to Washington Cui Tiankai says the two countries should revive the spirit of mutual respect that categorized the 1971 exchange. Read more »

Japan, Vietnam boost defense ties as South China Sea tensions mount

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 19 07:31 PM

Japan and Vietnam agreed to step up security and defense cooperation Monday, reaching an agreement in principle for Tokyo to export defense equipment and technology to the Southeast Asian nation.  Read more »

Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen calls for alliance of democracies to oppose China

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 08 06:44 PM

Tsai said the rapid militarization of the South China Sea and increasing military activities in the Taiwan Strait and East China Sea as well as coercive diplomacy against countries and corporations are destabilizing the Indo-Pacific region.   Read more »

Many want to be Japan’s new leader. Do they know what awaits them?

Motoko Rich, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 30 08:05 AM

The Japanese economy has taken a historic nosedive. The coronavirus could yet rage out of control and force a second postponement of the Olympics. Chinese military aggression is rising in the region just as America, Japan’s closest ally, is embroiled in a polarizing presidential election.   Read more »

China condemns 'provocative' US military flight over Taiwan

Reuters
Posted at Jun 12 10:17 AM

China on Thursday condemned the US military for the "provocative" flight of one of its aircraft over Chinese-claimed Taiwan, saying the move infringed upon China's sovereignty and contravened international law.  Read more »

China could attack Taiwan in bid to stop independence, says top general

Reuters
Posted at May 29 12:51 PM

China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the country's most senior generals said on Friday, a rhetorical escalation between China and the democratically ruled island Beijing claims as its own.   Read more »